I believe that the United States has come to a fork in the road, and that the direction we choose from here will have profound effects on the way our society is structured in the future, the way we earn our living, and the values that we pass on to our children. Every significant event [...]
When my wife and I got married, I was an accountant. But I soon went through the “I might want to be a farmer” stage that all young men go through. (If you have not gone through this stage, you are missing an important part of your life, and you may have some deep issues [...]
Sometimes I have to write about serious things. So here we go.
China has emerged. They will continue to emerge, and the shape of international economics and politics will be greatly affected. The things you do, eat, consume, sell, talk about and watch on the evening news are already greatly affected by China’s emergence.
It has gone so [...]
The word is “queer”. This is a strange word, sometimes taboo, rarely properly used, for decades used as an aspersion, but always a word that turns heads, even when properly used. This is a story of how it turned my head, or rather, how I nearly lost my head.
I was 10 years old. Uncle [...]
No one really knows how old Ernie is. He was there when we arrived, and he will probably be there by the time we all leave. Ernie is a former Marine who now is a university mathematics professor, and a good one. And Ernie plays in the NBA.. He does so in the cold, calculating [...]
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